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Dental pelican for tooth pulling

Dentistry

1701-1800

Sewing machine by Elias Howe

Textiles Machinery

c. 1846

Contraceptive sponge

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1920-1960

Machine used for covering wires with silk and cotton, 1837

Textiles Machinery

1837

Vaginal speculum for applying leeches

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1830

Personal Computer, model Apple I

Computing & Data Processing

1976-1979

Medresco portable hearing aid

Audiology

1953

Two bifurcated needles used for smallpox vaccination

Public Health & Hygiene

1968

Strowger automatic telephone, 1901-1910

Telecommunications

1901-1910

Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1520-1530

Small orrery by Benjamin Martin

Astronomy

1738-1777

Glass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1800

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1800

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

Textiles Machinery

1769

Packet of 'De Reszke Minors' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Gecophone crystal detector radio set no. 1, 1923

Radio Communication

1923

Thomson's (Lord Kelvin) First Tide Predicting Machine, 1876

Geophysics

1876

Compound microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1830-1850

Boyle-type anaesthetic machine

Anaesthesiology

1955-1965

Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit (21-7-69). First moon l

Space Technology

1969

Packet of 'Sweet Afton' Fine Cut hand rolling toba

Smoking

1999

'Jedi' helmet, used with Cryogenic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine

Radiomedicine

1980

Clear green glass bottle for Mellin's Infant Food, United Kingdom, 1866-1950

Medical Glass-ware

1866-1950

Canvas straitjacket for adults, London, England, 1930-1960

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1930-1960

'Build a Better Burger' game

Nutrition & Food Technology

1984-1986

Edward Jenner's lancets

Public Health & Hygiene

1801-1823

Packet of 20 'Three Castles' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Builder's whole, rigged model, of SS 'Great Eastern', 1853-1857

Water Transport

1853-1857

Foucault Pendulum for demonstrating the Earth's rotation

Astronomy

1988

Framed poster advocating vaccination against smallpox

Public Health & Hygiene

1923

Ampoule of anti gas-gangrene serum

Public Health & Hygiene

1934

Motorola 'GSM flare' mobile telephone, 1995

Telecommunications

1995

Haemoglobin model

Biochemistry

1967

Thalomid (thalidomide) capsules

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1999

main frame, for Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) pilot model, 1949

Computing & Data Processing

1949

Technics SL-1210 Mk2 mode quartz synthesizer direct-drive turntable

Sound Reproduction

1999

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

Time Measurement

1392

Mill Engine

Motive Power

1903

Pocket watch concealed in a memento mori

Anatomy & Pathology

1700-1936

Toothbrush with horsehair bristles, London, England, 1870-1920

Dentistry

1870-1920

V2 Rocket, A4 missile

Space Technology

1945

De Forest Audion soft detector triode (McVitie Weston valve collection), 1906-1972

Electronic Components

1906-1972

Pye 'Cambridge International' 11-band broadcast receiver, 1953

Radio Communication

1953

Coin operated toilet lock

Public Health & Hygiene

1890-1930

A stchoty, Russian abacus.

Mathematics

1901-1930

Packet of 5 'Player's Navy Cut' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Alcatel 'One Touch Easy' mobile telephone, 1998-2002

Telecommunications

1998-2002

Penicillium mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

Phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1821

Joseph Jackson Lister's microscope, London, England, 1826

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1826